The “to buy” list

I have a lot of things I would like to buy, but do not have the money for at the time. In this situation I usually make a note of the item in the back of my yearly pocket diary and make a point of buying from that list first when I am going to buy something.

I have had items it takes several years before I buy them though as I get distracted, the reason I know this is that I keep all my yearly pocket diaries dating back to around 2000 with all the appointments and notes so I can see what I have done each year.

Nobuhiko Obayashi is a cool dude and I enjoyed his movie House very much. He also is an inspiration on continuing to do something even if people tell you it is “stupid” and you will make a fool of yourself, which is what happened while making House. His lighting crew also spent hours looking for the tiny screws out of his glasses as he treated them nicely.

I do like the Shaw Brothers re-releases by Celestial Pictures, even if a lot of them are only coming out on VCD/iTunes these days. The cases are always good to look at also (the western versions are toned down somewhat and do not have the cardboard slipcases.)

I like the original trailers more than the re-worked ones for the re-release. The older ones have more character and are not so slick as the newer ones, which also leave out a lot of the jokes from the original movies making them look more serious than they really are.

I really enjoyed reading “the Golden Age of DC Comics, 365 days” and this is the definitive guide to DC comics. It is also quite hefty and more of a “fireside study” edition. It is so large a book that the publisher is re-releasing sub-sets of the book as separate editions.

I participated in a chiptunes workshop with Dot.AY and Derris Kharlan at ACMI http://blog.acmi.net.au/index.php/2012/11/chiptune-heaven/ and I wanted to follow it up. Despite all the bands and music I go to see I do not play myself and wanted something to play around with, even if I am not going to play live.

I do still exchange messages with Goto80 on Twitter and I have emailed him a few times. He used to live in Melbourne for a while. Unfortunately I have missed the last two Blip Festivals in Melbourne for different reasons. This is a shame as there is not really a “scene” for that kind of music and that is pretty rare considering how many other different types of music are played around town.

Unfortunately the “Black vs. White Magic Battle” recommended by just the Youtube URL in print by Animal Collective has been taken down. I will try to resist the temptation of buying and watching all the Shaw Brothers movies at once.

Hooray for Cinefamily! (http://www.cinefamily.org/) I would not have found out about this movie otherwise. They also have some great re-cut trailers including this one for Possession with the Knife as the soundtrack

I forget how this came up, but I was watching Ernest Borgnine driving around talking about filming the fight on top of the train with Lee Marvin and thought it would be good to watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTHJpm8lt0Y